Dark Devices is dead.

[jabbywocks]

This.

You know how many friends I made from fates? It great for the community and to meet people on your own server. Duty finder is useless unless you are going with a PUG to meet people.

This still happens though. It's not as if all fates are gone and no one's making fate parties anymore. One area may have died down a bit, but that isn't going to stop most players from fate grinding as it's still the best way to get exp vs. dungeons. I did Dark Devices ONCE. I did a lot of other fates to get to 50.